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Germ Warfare

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This bizarre collection of comics takes a microscopic look at the world of infectious bacteria and offers, among other things, a germ's eye view of the atrocities we humans commit every time we pump a dollop of sanitizer onto our hands or take a dose of penicillin.

Other highlights include several visits to the home of germaphobes Stew and Berryl Sterrel as they struggle to remain germ-free despite the best efforts of their baby and a comical retelling of HG Wells' War of the Worlds.

Overall, this collection carries a strong underground comics vibe - none of the offerings more so than the Mark McGinty penned and Lupi McGinty illustrated "Perched on the Denim Slope," a graphic homage to JG Ballard's "The Drowned Giant" whose art is reminiscent of Charles Burns and the Hernandez brothers.

Bizarre, funny, and kind of gross, Germ Warfare is the perfect gift for the germ warrior in your life!

Germs are so disgusting they make us all sick. Literally. The best way to combat germs this season is to read Germ Warfare and laugh your way to health. This Anthology, edited by Lupi McGinty, contains 12 different comics by Minnesota writers including two by Lupi herself. Some of them are laugh-out funny, a couple of them were just OK and others I thought were pure genius.

The first comic starts the war, with germs trying to infiltrate a human host and the humans fighting back with anti-bacterial napalm. Which leads us to another comedic war during The Great Penicillin where many germs lost their lives. Eventually the good bacteria are being destroyed by humans because of their fear of germs. I loved the comic where the parents have to sterilize everything to keep their baby safe and you see them sinking into the madness of germaphobia. The war concludes with the building of a germ town on its deceased human host.

The artwork and comedic styles are creative and fun and all related to the common theme of the war between germs and humans. This is a theme everyone can relate to because we have all been sick or tried in some way to avoid being sick. Germ Warfare is appropriate for comic readers of all ages.

My advice is to arm yourself with tissue, cough medicine, anti-bacterial napalm, vitamins and whatever else you can think of to stay well. Don't forget to wash your hands before you touch any germ infested surfaces and then pick up a copy of Germ Warfare. You are armed and ready to read!